This video show kids being bullies in a mall – victim this time was a robot.

It may relate to another recent case of a robot being vandalized in his hitchthiking trip.

For the time being such experiments are very useful to bring light to human behavior.  Let’s say someone argues that as many other human behaviour this might be one society opts to discourage.  And as in many other cases, way to set limits is to grant victims rights not be be molested.

As we are likely to see such events recurring more often, robot rights defendants may have a growing number of examples on their side.